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round when it is drawn against the stream; and, that it 

 may turn nimbly, you must put it on a big-sized hook, as 

 I shall now direct you, which is thus : put your hook in 

 at his mouth, and out at his gill, then having drawn 

 your hook two or three inches beyond or through his gill 

 put it again into his mouth, and the point and beard out 

 at his tail ; and then tie the hook and his tail aboul , very 

 neatly with a white thread, which will make it the apte) 

 to turn quick in the water; that done, pull back that part 

 of your line which was slack when you did put your hook 

 into the minnow the second time. I say, pull that part of 

 your line back, so that it shall fasten the head, so that the 

 body of the minnow shall be almost straight on your 

 hook; this done, try how it will turn, by drawing it 

 across the water, or against the stream ; and if it do not 

 turn nimbly, then turn the tail a little to the right or left 

 hand, and try again till it turn quick, for, if not, you are 

 in danger to catch nothing; for know, that it is impossible 

 that it should turn too quick." Thus far from " old 

 Izaak Walton." 



Stephen Oliver remarks, " I have a gilse hook (No. 3 or 

 4) at the end of the line, but wrapped on the end of the 

 shank, to make it secure, and to leave more room to bait : 

 an inch, or very little more, from the shank end of the 

 gilse hook, I wrap on a strong hook, about half the size 

 of the other. I put the point of the large hook in at the 

 mouth of the minnow, and out at the tail, on the right 

 side of the minnow, bending it half round as I put it in ; 

 then I put the other hook in, below the under chap, which 

 keeps the minnow's mouth quite close. 



" When I am in no hurry, I tie the hook and tail toge- 

 ther with a very small white thread : before I enter the little 

 hook, I draw up the minnow to its full length, and make 



